Malawi

In the last two weeks, Malawi has captured the world’s attention, for all the good reasons following a constitutional court ruling annul Presidential elections. In its judgment, the court ruled that the incumbent President, Peter Mutharika was “not duly elected” and that the elections were characterized by “ widespread, systematic and grave irregularities”. The ruling

Contributors of the #AfricaBlogging platform gathered in a three-day annual conference in Addis-Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. The sessions held from November 10 to 13, 2019, brought together about fifteen French and English-speaking bloggers from Africa under the stewardship of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s media program for Sub-Saharan Africa, which supports the network. #AfricaBlogging is an online platform

In the last three years Malawi government has passed a lot of legislation, among these is the National Registration and Identification System (Nris), which according to National Registration Bureau, is aimed at addressing the lack of universal and compulsory registration – the NRIS allows Malawians to have a national ID. According to United Nations Development

On 21 May, Malawi goes to the polls to vote for the president, members of parliament and local councillors. The fifth elections since the country’s return to multiparty democracy, these could be the most tightly-contested yet. Malawi uses first-past-the-post system, meaning whichever candidate gets the most votes in the single round of voting wins. In

The days when people believed that pictures do not lie are long gone. We are now in the age of mass information manipulation, mass distribution and redistribution of information; new telecommunication technologies have made all this possible. Technology has significantly changed the way societies consume news and information. Unfortunately, misinformation has emerged as one of

I read with interest a comment by Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah, that MEC is not going to have an official broadcast for the 2019 elections, as it was the case during the 2014 elections. Ansah was quoted by The Daily Times of Monday February 18, 2019 saying the decision has been arrived at

I am… for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents.” Thomas Jefferson It is always good when politicians pledge their commitment to protect media freedoms, especially in

Youthful Vice President Hon Chilima and President Mutharika One of the recurring issues on Malawi’s political scene, at least from 2014 is the issue of youth leadership. Youthful Atupele Muluzi contested on this agenda in 2014 elections and finished a distant fourth in an election won by the oldest candidate on the ballot, Peter

Malawi appears to be living in a never-ending electoral cycle. The local politics is always about the next elections, as much as it is about politicians always positioning themselves for top government and public positions where the bounties of this peaceful country are shared, away from the majority of its citizens who have to grapple

After almost four years away, former president Joyce Banda finally returned to Malawi on 28 April 2018, stepping on home soil for the first time since she lost the 2014 elections. Since her homecoming, she has been quick to criticise the current government, but has remained vague on her next steps, simply emphasising that “this

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